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When first‐generation students go to graduate school
Author(s) -
Lunceford Brett
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.453
Subject(s) - supervisor , graduate students , advice (programming) , graduate education , psychology , medical education , pedagogy , mathematics education , medicine , political science , computer science , programming language , law
The author argues that first‐generation college students (FGS) have compounded challenges when they pursue graduate education. As a first‐generation college student, he was not able to gather advice from family or his job supervisor, who had no experience with graduate school. Drawing from his experience and the existing FGS‐related research, the author details practical advice for making a successful transition from college to graduate school. He concludes with a list of essential questions that prospective graduate students should ask themselves and their mentors when considering graduate study.